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Small boat sailors, have to keep a very close eye on the tides. In many places in the world the tidal currents can run at well over 5 knots, some exceed 10 knots, and one that runs in excess of 20 knots at some times of the year. When you consider that a good speed for a 50ft sailing yacht is 8 knots you realize that it's vital to plan your sailing journey so that the tidal stream is with you and not against you!

Leaving port in the days of sailing ships. The measurement of tidal pull on a human body, much less an individual part of a human body, is so incredibly tiny that it is the equivalent of the gravitational difference between sitting down and standing up.

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